A standing order of the Travis County District Courts and County Courts at Law facilitating the disclosure of criminal history record information (Gov't Code sec. 411.084 / art. 39.14) and HIPAA-covered medical records to the defense in criminal cases.
Applies to discovery and disclosure of criminal history and medical records in criminal cases before the Travis County District and County courts. Procedural information only; not legal advice.
Order for Discovery and Disclosure of Criminal History Record Information and Medical Records Covered by HIPAA and the Texas Medical Records Privacy Act (Travis County District Courts and County Courts at Law Nos. 3-9). The judges enter the order to facilitate the exchange and disclosure of criminal history record information and protected medical records. Pursuant to Texas Government Code section 411.084(a)(2)(D) and Article 39.14 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, the State is ordered to produce to defense counsel the criminal history record information of the defendant and any witnesses contained in the State's file, and defense counsel receiving it must comply with the restrictions on its use and dissemination; and, consistent with HIPAA and the Texas Medical Records Privacy Act, medical records and protected health information material to the case are authorized to be disclosed to defense counsel subject to the same use restrictions.
Order for Discovery and Disclosure of Criminal History Record Information and Medical Records Covered by HIPAA and the Texas Medical Records Privacy Act (Travis County District Courts and County Courts at Law Nos. 3-9). The judges enter the order to facilitate the exchange and disclosure of criminal history record information and protected medical records. Pursuant to Texas Government Code section
Reviewer note: Composed 2026-09-06 from the TOPICs custody scan (609 and 1517 text layers read; the county-courts discovery order 1363 bundled). Registered at the county-court and district-court levels; bundled. Bound to Travis County (criminal).
A standing order of the 97th Judicial District Court sealing the files in cases in which Child Protective Services or the Department of Family and Protective Services appears as petitioner, in the counties comprising the 97th Judicial District.
Dallas County Standing Order Regarding Children, Pets, Property and Conduct of the Parties (Family District Courts General Orders, current edition F2026/05, revised Jan. 31, 2026 — a re-adoption of the same operative text by the current bench: Hon. Kim Brown (254th), Vonda Bailey (255th), Sandre Streete (256th), Ashley Wysocki (301st), Sandra Jackson (302nd), LaDeitra Adkins (303rd), and Andrea D. Plumlee (330th)), as registered in the statewide TOPICs local-rules registry (posted 01/11/2023). The order "applies in every divorce suit and every suit affecting the parent-child relationship filed in Dallas County" automatically, without request: child-disruption prohibitions, pet protection, party-conduct restraints, divorce-case property/records/insurance freezes with specific authorizations, mandatory petition attachment, and its TRO-to-temporary-injunction lifecycle.